NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing 3,361 to 3,375 of 22,566 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Tabach, Michal; Nachlieli, Talli – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 2016
This special issue comprises five studies which vary in their focus and mathematical content, yet they all share an underlying communicational theoretical framework--commognition. Within this framework, learning mathematics is defined as a change in one's mathematical discourse, that is, in the form of communication known as mathematical. Teaching…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics, Models, Language Usage
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Galili, Igal – Science & Education, 2016
Physics textbooks often present items of disciplinary knowledge in a sequential order of topics of the theory under instruction. Such presentation is usually univocal, that is, isolated from alternative claims and contributions regarding the subject matter in the pertinent scientific discourse. We argue that comparing and contrasting the…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Introductory Courses
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Kostouros, Patricia – Journal of Effective Teaching, 2016
This article offers a discussion about the depiction of traumatic materials to postsecondary human service students. Presently there is an on-going debate about trigger warnings and whether trigger warnings are necessary prior to engaging in materials that depict the suffering of others. Perhaps after depicting graphic images some teachers have…
Descriptors: Trauma, Altruism, Hermeneutics, Educational Strategies
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Avenia-Tapper, Brianna; Haas, Alison; Hollimon, Shameka – Science and Children, 2016
Many children struggle to communicate explicitly about the relationships between variables and concepts that are central to science content. In order for students to talk and write like scientists, they need to acquire ways of using language common in science discourse. For example, in the writing above, the student uses the word "play"…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Scientific Concepts, Course Content, Discourse Analysis
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Dmochowski, Jane Ellen; Garofalo, Dan; Fisher, Sarah; Greene, Ann; Gambogi, Danielle – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2016
Purpose: Colleges and universities increasingly have the mandate and motivation to integrate sustainability into their curricula. The purpose of this paper is to share the strategy used at the University of Pennsylvania (Penn) and provide an evaluation of its success and guidance to others creating similar programs. Design/methodology/approach:…
Descriptors: Sustainability, Integrated Curriculum, Undergraduate Students, Course Content
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Ali, Roaa Hasan; Aslaadi, Shatha – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2016
This study explores fourth year college students' content retrieval from reading textless versus verbal images. Furthermore, it examines the extent to which the respondents comprehend and understand them. The procedures include selecting an image from the internet, designing a written test with its rubrics and exposing it to jury members to…
Descriptors: Semiotics, Undergraduate Students, Internet, Visual Aids
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Stone, Brian J.; Stewart, Shawanda – Composition Studies, 2016
In the 2015-16 school year, the authors of this article developed an innovative research and assessment project on a new first year composition curriculum based on a pedagogy they call Critical Hip Hop Rhetoric Pedagogy (CHHRP), an educational approach built upon the classroom-based research of linguistic anthropologist H. Samy Alim…
Descriptors: Writing (Composition), Writing Instruction, Popular Culture, Black Colleges
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Porter, Toccara D. – Journal of Library & Information Services In Distance Learning, 2016
This article reports on the author's enrollment in the SuccessfUL Supervisor Series course. As a new distance education library coordinator the author sought out formal supervisor training to address staff misconduct and establish staff training initiatives for distance library service needs. Structured as a case study, the author discusses how…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Coordinators, Supervisory Training, Personnel Management
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Kimanen, Anuleena – British Journal of Religious Education, 2016
Confessionality is a term which is seldom defined but often used. One of its meanings is enhancing the religiosity of pupils. In Finland, pupils are provided with religious education in their own religion. Does this produce more religious young people than a neutral or multi-religious education would produce? Interviews with 15-16-year-old Muslim…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Religious Education, Islam, Interviews
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Mew, Lionel – Information Systems Education Journal, 2016
This paper discusses how cloud computing can be leveraged to add value to academic programs in information systems and other fields by improving financial sustainment models for institutional technology and academic departments, relieving the strain on overworked technology support resources, while adding richness and improving pedagogical…
Descriptors: Information Systems, Information Technology, Technological Advancement, Computer Software
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
O'Leary, Simon – New Directions in the Teaching of Physical Sciences, 2016
This research explores the opportunities and challenges for incorporating employability-related support into STEM (Sciences; Technology; Engineering; Mathematics) degree programmes, based in part on recent research (O'Leary, 2016a) outlining that significant variations in employability-related support exist across the STEM disciplines. These…
Descriptors: Employment Qualifications, STEM Education, Higher Education, Academic Degrees
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Stohlmann, Micah; Maiorca, Cathrine; DeVaul, Lina – Science Educator, 2017
Engineering education can be a wonderful mechanism for students to apply mathematics and science in authentic real world settings; however, less than half of U.S. states have engineering requirements in their mathematics and science standards. The many positives of engineering education can be used to help teachers see the benefits of integrating…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Engineering Education, Faculty Development, State Standards
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Witton, Gemma – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2017
Lecture Capture technologies are becoming widespread in UK Higher Education with many institutions adopting a capture-all approach. Installations of capture devices in all teaching rooms and lecture theatres, scheduled recordings through integration with timetabling and automated distribution through virtual learning environments are swiftly…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Learner Engagement, Universities, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Gay, Keegan D.; Owens, Courtney T.; Lamm, Alexa J.; Rumble, Joy N. – Journal of Extension, 2017
It has been argued that to remain relevant in today's society, Extension must expand its role to provide public issues education. We conducted a web-based survey to determine whether Extension agents in Florida were prepared to deal with contentious issues. Survey respondents identified issues affecting their clientele, levels of frequency with…
Descriptors: Extension Agents, Knowledge Level, Needs Assessment, Local Issues
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Steiner, Sherrie – Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 2017
Restructuring changes in higher education may be affecting how faculty conduct the scholarship of engagement. As faculty increasingly face uncertain futures, the limits of service-learning need to be better understood in order to maximize the pedagogical possibilities. One way of exploring limitations is to focus on sustainable faculty-community…
Descriptors: Higher Education, College Faculty, Models, Service Learning
Pages: 1  |  ...  |  221  |  222  |  223  |  224  |  225  |  226  |  227  |  228  |  229  |  ...  |  1505